farm progress tour - kansas state university...11:00 am john wayne birthplace & museum in...
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Farm Progress TourAugust 29 - 31, 2016
When: August 29-31, 2016
Price: $225 per person*
Pick up locations: Paola, Olathe,
& Bonner Springs
*Price includes bus cost, hotel (double occupancy), admission fees, and
most meals. Single occupancy rate: $365
Registration & nonrefundable deposit of $125/person must be received byJuly 22nd to reserve your spot. Remaining balance is due by August 15th.Please send registration form & payment to the Marais des Cygnes Extension
District Paola Office at 104 S. Brayman St., Paola, KS 66071.
Registration packets can be picked up from your local Extension Office or online
at www.maraisdescygnes.ksu.edu
Sponsored by:For more information call:Douglas County: 7858437058
Johnson County: 9137157000
Leavenworth County: 9133645700
Marais des Cygnes District: 9132944306
Kansas State University is committed to making its services, activities and programs accessible to all participants. If you have special requirements due to a
physical, vision, or hearing disability, contact the Marais des Cygnes Extension District at 9132944306 or 9137952829. Kansas State University
Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service KState Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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Farm Progress TourMonday, August 296:30 am Load bus at Marais des Cygnes District Paola Office
7:15 am Load bus at Johnson County Extension Office
8:00 am Load bus at Bonner Springs Walmart
11:00 am John Wayne Birthplace & Museum in Winterset, IA
12:00 pm Lunch*
2:30 pm Summit Agricultural Group in Alden, IASummit Agricultural Group is a diverse farming, agriculture investment, and farm management
company. Their diverse operations include over 20,000 acres of row crops, Charolais & Red
Angus purebred operations, confined beef cattle & swine feeding facilities and more. Summit
also focuses on responsible farming, land stewardship, & environmental and wildlife conservation. They plant over 10,000
trees each year to provide wildlife habitat, prevent erosion, improve air quality, & protect their crops & livestock.
6:00 pm Check into Hotel
7:00 pm Dinner at Iowa Beef Steakhouse*
Tuesday, August 307:00 am Depart Hotel
8:00 am Farm Progress Show in Boone, IA The Farm Progress Show, the nation's largest outdoor farm event, annually hosts nearly
600 exhibitors displaying new farm equipment, tractors, combines & farm implements; seed
& crop protection products; & many additional farm supplies &services. A feature of the 2016
show will be a firsthand look at one of the hottest topics in farming: cover crops. Some 18
combinations will be planted at the site, and pits will be dug to check the rooting of these various combinations
6:30 pm Dinner at Machine Shed Restaurant*
Wednesday, August 318:00 am Load bus & depart hotel
9:00 am Couser Cattle Company in Nevada, IACouser Cattle Co., was a 2010 regional Environmental Stewardship Award winner from the National Cattlemen's Beef
Association. Couser Cattle Co. is a second and third generation operation that annually feeds and finishes 5,000 to 6,000
head of cattle and farms 5,000 acres, producing both corn seed and soybean seed. Conservation practices include
vegetative treatment areas (VTAs) and infiltration systems to treat feedlot runoff, and a monoslope style feeding building
that directs rainfall away from a new pen and allows more feeding capacity without compromising the VTA system.
11:30 am Lunch at Hickory Park
4:30 pm Approximate arrival at Walmart in Bonner Springs
5:15 pm Approximate arrival at Johnson County Extension Office
6:00 pm Approximate arrival at Marais des Cygens District Paola Office
*Meals with this designation are included in registration fee. Breakfast will be provided at the hotel.
Schedule subject to change as deemed necessary by Extension Agents